The former England captain revealed this week he is keen to take on a high-profile coaching role when he hangs up his boots following one final season with LA Galaxy.

And the 35-year-old star is already analysing the work of Spanish maestro Guardiola, who won the Champions League twice as a boss with Barcelona and is heading to the Premier League next season.

Ex-Liverpool midfielder Gerrard has been reading ‘Pep Confidential’, the inside story of Guardiola’s first season at Bayern Munich, in an attempt to learn from the very best.

“I love the game and I love the big managers and the big personalities,” said Gerrard, who is currently in Sydney where he will play for Liverpool Legends against a team of former Aussie stars tomorrow.

“I love the strong teams. I was given the Pep Guardiola book as a present from a coach and was told that I would find it very interesting.

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“Since starting my coaching badges, you can see the reason why a lot of top players don’t make it as successful managers because it is a completely different role”

Steven Gerrard

“I’m only at the beginning of it, but Pep is a world class manager and it looks as if he will soon be coming to the Premier League which is great for us.

“Since starting my coaching badges, you can see the reason why a lot of top players don’t make it as successful managers because it is a completely different role.

“It’s different from being a player and being in control of what you are doing on the pitch.

“It’s certainly something you have to learn and gain experience of. The exciting thing is that no one knows how good I’ll be.

“But I’m certainly going to get as much experience and as much qualifications as I can and then we’ll see whether I’m good enough if I do take the plunge.”

The former Liverpool midfielder will try to visit as many top clubs as possible in 2016 to pick up tips from the most respected managers in the game.

He’s already had conversations with current Reds boss Jurgen Klopp after training with his old team last month.